The Thames Tunnel, London JD Harding Chelsea Pensioners reading the gazette

Chelsea Pensioners reading the gazette of the Battle of Waterloo

Gin inspires violence and careless inebriation

scene under Covent Garden piazza

with flags and banners hanging from the ceiling

The Thames Tunnel, London JD Harding Chelsea Pensioners reading the gazetteThe Thames Tunnel, London, 1827. Views of the Thames Tunnel: top, a cross section of the tunnel with the river above; centre, a view in the tunnel and a view of the shield used in its construction; bottom, a plan of the area. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world. Completed as a foot tunnel in 1843, it was converted to a railway tunnel for the East London Railway in the 1860s. Sir Marc